Angelica GovaertOwner/Founder, Yogalebrity · Online Yoga Empire Builder

The Dance of Teaching: Mastering the Art of Yoga Instruction

30 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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In this instructional monologue, the speaker distinguishes between teaching and merely demonstrating yoga, emphasizing that effective instruction requires dedicated training to guide an entire practice from another room. He frames teaching as a "dance with breath," where the instructor continuously cues students on movement, breathing, expansion, and alignment—such as when to inhale, exhale, reach upward, or touch the toes—creating a cohesive, flowing experience for the class.

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Some people come to it really easy, but that's rare. Most of the time, people have to spend a lot of time learning how to teach. Teaching and demoing are two different things. The key is that you want a training that's going to teach you how to stand in another room and people will still be able to do your entire practice. I like to think of it as a dance. It's a dance with breath. So you're telling everyone how to move the whole time, how to breathe in and how to breathe out, when to breathe in, and when to expand, and when to reach up to the sky, and when to touch their toes. You're giving them the whole dance of a yoga practice.